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Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Crime Fiction during the Days of Awe: Rosh Hashana to Yom Kippur

Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the Jewish New Year, began Sunday night. The Days of Awe are the days between the beginning of the New Year and Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
That a murder would take place on Yom Kippur (or during the Days of Awe)
runs counter to Jewish belief. Let's hope murders only take place in fiction!

Here's a short list of Mysteries that take place on Rosh Hashana, the Days of Awe, and/or Yom Kippur. As always, I welcome any additions to this list.

Mysteries set during the Days of Awe

Three Weeks in October by Yael DayanThe Day of Atonement by Breck England Days of Atonement by Michael GregorioThe Yom Kippur Murder by Lee HarrisA Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn Day of Atonement by Faye KellermanSaturday the Rabbi Went Hungry by Harry KemelmanThe Day of Atonement by David LissA Possibility of Violence by D.A. Mishani Nights of Awe by Harri NykanenDevil Among Us by Jack Winnick